gw.internal.gosu.properties

Interface PropertySet

All Known Implementing Classes:

EmptyPropertySet, PropertiesPropertySet, SystemPropertiesPropertySet

public interface PropertySet

Basic interface that describes a set of properties - could be a Properties object or a resource bundle or any other set of key/value string pairs. The PropertiesTypeLoader builds types on this basic interface

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Set<String>	getKeys() The set of keys which can be used to look up values in this property set
String	getName() The name of the property set, which will be used as the name of the type
String	getValue(String key) Get the value corresponding to the given key

Method Detail

getName

String getName()

The name of the property set, which will be used as the name of the type

Returns:

a non null name

getKeys

Set<String> getKeys()

The set of keys which can be used to look up values in this property set

Returns:

a non null set containing the keys

getValue

String getValue(String key)

Get the value corresponding to the given key

Parameters:

key - the key, never null

Returns:

the value corresponding to the given key or null if there is no corresponding value